TREATIES, &c. CONCLUDED BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PERSIA AND BETWEEN PERSIA AND OTHER FOREIGN POWERS, WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY IN FORCE ON THE 1ST APRIL, 1891. BY SIR EDWARD HERTSLET, C.B. LONDON: BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET, 1891. [All Rights reserved.] JX 636 1875 458 PREFACE. IN January, 1875, the publication of a separate collection of Treaties was commenced, the object of which was to show how the Trade between Great Britain and Foreign Powers was regulated, and what Privileges British Subjects could enjoy in certain Foreign Dominions and Possessions, not only under the English Treaties concluded with those Powers, but also in virtue of the Treaties which those Powers had concluded with other Countries, the benefits of which could be claimed by this country under the most-favoured-nation clauses of the English Treaties. The First Part of this collection was devoted to an examination of the Treaties which AUSTRIA-HUNGARY had concluded with Great Britain and with other Foreign Powers. This was followed by a similar examination, in separate collections, of the Treaties concluded by TURKEY, ITALY, CHINA, JAPAN, and SPAIN. The General Title given to these Volumes was-"Treaties and Tariffs regulating the Trade between Great Britain and Foreign Nations." The present Volume relating to Persia is intended to form one of this series; but it has been found necessary to alter the Title, since it has been considered advisable to include other Subjects than those of Trade, and to insert in the Collection not simply abstracts but complete copies of the Treaties which Persia has concluded, not with this country only but also with other Powers, relating to Commerce, Navigation, Telegraphic communications, the Slave Trade, Boundaries, and other matters. The Title of the present Volume will therefore be-" Treaties concluded between Great Britain and Persia, and between Persia and other Foreign Powers; wholly or partially in force on the 1st April, 1891." It has not been thought necessary to give copies of the expired Treaties concluded between this Country and Persia previous to the commencement of the present century, as they are all to be found in the 6th Volume of "Aitchison's Collection ་་ of Treaties," published at Calcutta; but it has been thought that it might be interesting if the collection commenced with the Treaties concluded in January, 1801, although all the Treaties concluded between that date, and March, 1857 (with the exception of the Commercial Treaty of 28th October, 1841), have now ceased to be in force. The following, then, is a List of the Treaties and other International Engagements which have been entered into between Great Britain and Persia since the 1st January, 1801 :— 5. 1814. January. Commercial Treaty.. 3. 1809. 12th March. Preliminary Treaty of Friendship and Alliance. 7. 1841. (See also Treaty of 4th March, 1857, Art. IX, p. 19.) 9. 1853. (Confirmed by Article XIII of the Treaty of 4th March, 25th January. Engagement contracted by Persian Govern- Page. 1 1 4 5 6. 9 12 14 War was declared by Great Britain against Persia on the 1st November, 1856, and the Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris on the March, 1857. 4th March. Treaty of Peace. Engagement with regard to 16 11. 1862. 17th December. Engagement. Telegraph Line. Khana- *1871. 1st-4th September. Arrangement. Boundary. Persia and Kelat 105 *1872. August. Arrangement. Persia and Afghanistan. Seistan 63 14. *1872. 2nd December. Telegraph Convention 32 *1873. 15th May. (Proposed) Amended Arrangement. Boundary. 106 15. *1882. 2nd March. Slave Trade Convention.. 40 43 Those Treaties which are still in force are marked with an asterisk; but a short abstract of the contents of those which have expired is also given for convenience of reference under their respective dates. In addition to the direct Engagements which Persia has entered into with this Country, she was also a Signatory, or an Acceding Party, to the following general International Engagements, to which Great Britain was also a Party: 1865. 1868. 1872. 1874. 17th May. International Telegraph Convention (Paris). 21st July. International Telegraph Convention (Vienna). "State Papers," Vol. LIX, p. 322. 11th December. Declaration. Non-use in time of war of Explosive Projectiles under 400 grammes weight (St. Petersburgh). "State Papers," Vol. LVIII, p. 16. 14th January. International Telegraph Convention (Rome). "State Papers," Vol. LXVI, p. 975. 5th December. Accession to (Geneva) Convention of 22nd August, 1864, respecting the Wounded in Armies in the Field. "State Papers," Vol. LXX, p. 1168. 1875. 22nd July. International Telegraph Convention (St. Petersburgh). "State Papers," Vol. LXVI, p. 19. 1877. 18th August. Declaration. Accession of Persia to General Postal Union Treaty signed at Berne, 9th October, 1874. "State Papers," Vol. LXV, p. 13. 1878. 15th August. Accession to Universal Postal Union of 1st June, 1878 (Paris). ("State Papers," Vol. LXIX, p. 210.) (Amended by Additional Act of 21st March, 1885.) "State Papers," Vol. LXIX, p. 276. 1880. 3rd November. Exchange of Postal Parcels without declaration of value (Paris). "State Papers, Vol. LXXI, p. 356. 1884. 14th March. Protection of Submarine Cables. (Signed by Persian Plenipotentiary, but not ratified by the Shah.) "Hertslet's Treaties," Vol. XVII, p. 495. 1885. 21st March. Additional Act to Convention of 1st June, 1878. ("State Papers," Vol. LXIX, p. 210.) Universal Postal Union (Lisbon). "Hertslet's Treaties," Vol. XVII, pp. 235, 241, 243. The Shah of Persia has also issued the following Firmans, &c., granting certain Commercial and other Privileges to Great Britain and other Countries, and for the Suppression of the Slave Trade: 1823. July (August). Abolition of Export Duty on Horses Page. 4.7 48 1839. 15th September. Protection of Servants and Dependants of 48 1840. April. Ditto, ditto (amended).. 49 |